Chapter 489: Ye Xing Emperor

Chapter 489: Chapter 487: Ye Xing Emperor

“Kill!” Li Qiye roared with laughter and charged into the darkness like an overlord. His thousands of hands immediately smashed down, one pair targeting a single Ancient Buddha.

Some pairs of hands used the Celestial Transformation from the Kunpeng Six Transformations to accelerate with frenzied speed. Once they reached their limit, the fists swung down, instantly knocking an Ancient Buddha that was channeling the Ten Thousand Techniques through the air. Other hands used the Earth Transformation, causing them to enlarge infinitely and swat an Ancient Buddha into the ground. No treasure could defend against the blow; he was slammed deep into the earth by the giant hands. Yet other hands, brilliant with starlight, formed into fists and borrowed the power of the Nine Stars Eternal Seal to instantly blast an Ancient Buddha to smithereens…

Li Qiye was a whirlwind of destruction in the darkness. He killed gods and slaughtered buddhas; no one could stop him. Some of his thousands of hands struck with a simple Beng Fist, others smashed down with peerless speed, and still others used boundless power to crush his opponents to a pulp…

At this moment, the fact that the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas were Great Saint Venerables was completely useless. Even though their Treasure Banner could seal heaven and earth, it couldn’t seal Li Qiye. He was like a rampaging overlord, slaughtering everything in his path.

He was single-handedly taking on eight Great Saint Venerables, and with his bare fists, no less. And yet, he was forcing these eight Great Saint Venerables, who were wielding Heaven-defying Treasures, into a steady retreat, driving them to the brink of collapse. This left everyone completely dumbfounded.

Even the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas were being driven insane by the onslaught. The Treasure Banner in their hands was a peerless, Heaven-defying Extraordinary Treasure. With the eight of them working together, even a Baosheng Venerable would find it difficult to escape alive once the banner was unfurled. But now, Li Qiye—with the Sea of Blood on his back, a realm hanging over his head, and his thousands of unstoppable arms—utterly smashed their waves of attacks and shattered their layers of defense one by one. And he was still doing it all with his bare fists.

“Nine Stars and Ten Palaces… a perfectly sealed domain. That’s the Power of One Realm right there,” an onlooker murmured, witnessing the tyrannical scene.

Countless people felt a chill creep into their hearts. Li Qiye’s Dao Practice was only at the Ancient Saint Realm, yet today he was forcing eight Great Saint Venerables into retreat with his bare hands. How tyrannical! How utterly domineering!

“Th-this kid is too heaven-defying. Nine Stars and Ten Palaces… In all of history, fewer than ten people have ever achieved that.” An older Saint Venerable couldn’t help but give a weak, bitter laugh.

“That’s what I’m talking about! A genius of our Human Race is truly on another level! Sweeping across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, invincible and supreme!” The experts from the Human Race grew excited and cheered at the sight, their blood boiling with excitement.

Even if some experts from the Ghost Race were offended by such words, they could only obediently keep their mouths shut. The miracle of Nine Stars and Ten Palaces was so absurdly heaven-defying that even the most unconvinced geniuses of the Ghost Race knew to stay silent. The Ghost Race’s Three Heroes—Emperor’s Throne, Chan Yang, and Tian Lunhui—were considered invincible among the younger generation, but none of them had ever been rumored to have achieved something like Nine Stars and Ten Palaces!

An achievement like Nine Stars and Ten Palaces was truly enough to shock everyone. Before it, even the most conceited geniuses had to lower their arrogant heads.

“Ten Thousand Buddha Pilgrimage!” Pushed into a corner, the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas roared. Their Treasure Banner unfurled with a sharp snap, opening up what looked like a Buddha’s Land Territory. However, this territory was as gloomy as a Ghost Realm. At that moment, the sound of Buddhist chants erupted throughout the endless domain. As if summoned, ten thousand Buddhas emerged from the banner held by the Eight. They formed an array that instantly trapped Li Qiye as their Buddha Staffs rained down simultaneously, a volley meant to subdue any demon.

In that instant, the power of the ten thousand staffs could shatter mountains and collapse the heavens. Not even gods and demons from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could escape such a barrage. Under its suppressive force, even the fiercest of them would be utterly crushed.

“Break!” Li Qiye roared with laughter as his thousands of arms shot toward the sky. In that instant, they all unleashed the final form of the Kunpeng Six Transformations: the Star River Transformation. An endless star river appeared, turning the tables by enveloping the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas’ Buddha’s Land Territory. Millions of enormous hands manifested from the stars, completely shrouding their domain.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! Once his thousands of arms had sealed the Buddha’s Land Territory, they submerged the Ten Thousand Buddhas like a vast sea. In that moment, the arms smashed into the grand staff array with the most direct and ferocious strikes imaginable. In that moment, the arms unleashed the Wave Transformation, the force of the blows coming in successive, overlapping waves. In that moment, the power stacked to its absolute limit. Finally, the attack descended with invincible might!

From the Star River Transformation to the Sea Transformation and then the Wave Transformation, Li Qiye was unleashing the last three of the Kunpeng Six Transformations in reverse order. And under his reverse execution, the sequence was absolutely perfect!

BOOM! The earth shattered. A thousand peaks crumbled and were flung high into the air. The ten thousand staffs snapped, the Ten Thousand Buddhas were annihilated, and the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas were sent flying, violently spurting blood. This was the strongest ultimate skill they possessed, but it was still no match for Li Qiye’s bare fists.

PFFT! Just as Li Qiye’s strike crushed the Ghost Zen Eight Buddhas, a cold glint of light suddenly flashed, stabbing straight for his chest. His final blow had vanquished the eight, but the attack also created a momentary lull in his Blood Qi.

And in that precise instant, someone ambushed him like a phantom, intending to kill him in a single blow. Li Qiye’s reaction was incredibly fast, but the blade still raked across his chest, leaving a bloody gash.

In that same split second, the assailant followed up with a Treasure Seal, aiming to crush Li Qiye’s skull. Li Qiye blocked with both hands. BANG! He was sent flying and crashed heavily into a distant mountain peak.

The ambusher was too fast, landing two potentially fatal attacks in an instant. The opponent must have been lying in wait for a long time, anticipating this perfect opportunity to strike.

“Ye Xing Emperor!” someone cried out in alarm, their face paling as they saw the shadowy figure vanish in a flash after the attack.

Ye Xing Emperor was the most terrifying figure in the Nightwalker Sect, an expert at assassination. Though not a professional assassin, many in the Ghost Sacred Realm were deeply wary of him. Ye Sha had been his grand-disciple, and he was now attacking Li Qiye to avenge him.

“Bring it on!” Despite Ye Xing Emperor’s surprise attack, Li Qiye hadn’t been killed. He climbed out from the rubble, as vigorous as ever, and let out a great laugh.

“KILL!” A furious roar echoed as the earth rumbled—BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—like a giant beast was stampeding over. At that moment, an enormous Stone Person charged forward. Like a crazed bull, he used his massive body to ram straight into Li Qiye.

“Get lost!” Li Qiye bellowed, his fist seeming to sunder the heavens as he fiercely struck the man’s chest. THUD! A punch that could shatter a mountain peak landed on this person’s chest like it was striking an iron mountain. The giant Stone Person was completely unharmed.

BANG! Caught by surprise, Li Qiye was sent flying by the giant Stone Person.

“Ha, ha, ha! Little Ghost, I am invulnerable!” the giant Stone Person cackled before charging at Li Qiye again with incredible speed, just like a crazed bull.

‘A Great Successor Vajra Body!’ At this moment, Li Qiye understood. The Stone Person had cultivated the Vajra Emperor Body, one of the Twenty-four Emperor’s Bodies. The Vajra Emperor Body was, in turn, one of the two great Emperor Bodies derived from the Vajra Undying Body, one of the Twelve Immortal Bodies!

“Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable!” an onlooker exclaimed, their expression changing as they recognized the giant Stone Person. “A Saint Venerable with a Great Successor Vajra Body!”

A Saint Venerable was already a heaven-defying existence. So just how heaven-defying, just how powerful, was a Saint Venerable with a Great Successor Vajra Body?

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable stampeded forward, charging recklessly toward Li Qiye with ferocious momentum. To him, his invulnerable body was his greatest weapon.

“Stay down!” Now that Li Qiye understood his opponent’s situation, he bellowed and stomped down with a giant foot. His Life Wheel spun wildly, and as his Moon Vortex Yang Wheel Technique activated, it supplied him with a tsunami of Blood Qi, causing his Power of the Great Dao to soar. At the same time, his realm of Ten Palaces unleashed an endless torrent of power. The Nine Stars shone like the night sky, and the Power of One Realm poured down like a Celestial Waterfall.

This time, Li Qiye didn’t even use his Prison Suppressing Divine Body. Relying solely on his own invincible Blood Qi and the power of his Nine Stars and Ten Palaces, his giant foot came down with a WHAM, pinning Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable to the ground.

However, Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable was like an unkillable cockroach. Even under Li Qiye’s tyrannical power, which made him spurt blood violently, he wasn’t crushed to death.

“Ha, ha… you… you can’t kill me!” Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable cackled while pinned under Li Qiye’s foot. His Great Successor Vajra Body could withstand attacks from a Great Sage True Artifact, which showed just how tough his body truly was.

“Is that so?” Li Qiye smiled, and the starry sky of his Nine Stars flared brilliantly. Within his Ten Palaces Realm, the Earth Vein Root began to draw upon the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. In that instant, Li Qiye possessed not only the Power of One Realm but also an endless supply of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi. When his foot pressed down again, it was as if the weight of three thousand worlds was crushing Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable.

CRACK! The sound of breaking bones echoed. Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable let out a wretched scream, violently spurting blood. Under the force of Li Qiye’s foot, his body could no longer hold up, though he was still not dead.

“You… you… you can’t kill me! I have the Great Successor Vajra Body!” Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable screamed. This time, however, his words lacked their earlier confidence.

At this, chills ran down the spines of many onlookers. Divine Armor Heavenly Venerable was a Saint Venerable with a Great Successor Vajra Body. His body could withstand the suppression of a Saint Emperor and even block a Great Sage True Artifact. Yet now, his bones were being crushed under the foot of Li Qiye, a mere Ancient Saint. How terrifying was that?